The den was rather difficult to photograph, but here's a taste of what that poor little room had to go through...
Note the disgusting ceiling. It started out with foamboard tiles, under which I also discovered painted wallpaper.
Both were undoubtedly somebody's *cough* clever response to the underlying plaster damage.
I'll never EVER forget pulling down the penultimate tile and discovering the words "f**k you!" scrawled in red ink underneath.
See that last bottom corner of plaster?
Pulling it out yielded much dust, some loose lath, and a bonus pair of men's tighty-whities, plastered right into the dang wall.
Go figure...
All done!
5 comments:
You mean not everybody leaves little presents like this during their renovation? I've put messages under tile, but never anything inside the walls. Maybe when I get around to doing my kitchen.... :)
NICE!
I really wanted to see that room!
Jeff, I have never left messages or surprises... but now I'm thinking about it! (I'll leave something nicer than the effenheimer and some de-lasticized drawers, though.)
Reetsyburger: I knowww! This post was totally for you. :-)
And I just have to say that I don't what the blip is going on with blogger formatting. Honest to goodness, I had that text aligned perfectly with the photos, and then I hit publish and it went all screwy.
I saw on some show that most carpenters and contractors will leave little messages on the insides of walls or under tile...
Those slanted things are popular nowdays, I like them as desks.
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